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  1. NOIRLab image of the week

    A blazing meteor pops into the sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

    Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Meteor #KittPeak #Tucosn #Arizona #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography

  2. This week's episode on #Sagitta is focused on the #astronomy in the constellation, which means -- #astrophotography from this constellation ahead this week!!!

    Here we have the Little Cocoon Nebula aka Little Trifid Nebula aka Sh2-82. It is an emission nebula surrounded by a reflection nebula. while it wasn't our gold star winner, this is a dazzling image!

    Listen to the #podcast episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    📷 : noirlab.edu/public/images/noao

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #NASA #KittPeak #NOIRLab #stars #nebula #astrophotography

  3. NOIRLab image of the week

    A Cluster of Interacting Galaxies (Abell 3754)

    Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari, M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #galaxies #Abell3754 #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #DECam #galaxyclusters #cosmology #science #NOIRLab

  4. NOIRLab image of the week

    Southwest of Tucson, the Quinlan Mountains majestically rise to an altitude of 2100 meters in the Schuk Toak District of the Tohono O’odham Nation. Atop the central peak in this image sits the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

    📷 taken from the eastern side of Tucson on the Aqua Caliente Trail. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks (NSF NOIRLab)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #NOIRLab #KittPeak #Tucson #Arizona #Astronomy #Astrodon #telescope #photography #sunset #iotw